Credit: Amanda Sabga

Ian White, at right, blocks the defense during Boston College football practice at Alumni Field on Aug. 21, 2013.

BOSTON — When he leaves Mass on Saturday mornings, Boston College offensive lineman Ian White pauses to listen to the bells in the Gasson Hall tower that signify the end of the service and the beginning of the Eagle Walk down to Alumni Stadium for the football game.

"When you come out of the church and we're all together, everyone can hear the bells start ringing. You get the butterflies," White said. "It's my fifth year here and it's a whole new atmosphere."